When Blessed Pope Paul VI wrote his encyclical Humanae Vitae on July 25, 1968, he neither claimed to be a prophet or saint. Time has proven him to be both. His predictions of what marriage and society would suffer if the use of contraception became widespread has come to pass. And now, a second miracle has cleared…
I first met Kim Heilman as the newly married, Mrs. Heilman, Old Testament religion teacher at St. Mary’s High School in Bismarck. She had a BA in Art History and English literature and an MA in Catholic studies and had lived through cultural relativism, coming out on the other end embracing her Catholic faith. It…
I recently posted a prolife, anti-contraception tweet that leaked onto the screens of people who insist on separating sex from procreation. One person commented that I was “50 cards short of a full deck” for my tweet that said: “Abortion is backup for contraception. Until we get rid of contraception, we won’t get rid of…
Dr. Laura Archuleta Dr. Laura Archuleta struggled with balancing her faith with a medical career until she saw the light. This story is excerpted from the Amazing Grace for Families. There never was a time in my medical career when “the birth control question” did not hang over my head. I often wondered how my Catholic…
Minorities are not generally high achievers so the government has a responsibility to reduce their population. (Stay with me, I have a point to make.) Singleton children from highly educated, successful parents tend to be self-centered, so the government needs to address that unpatriotic situation. Rich families breed kids with tendencies for depression,…
When a former college president shared that he had installed vending machines with condoms in the girls’ dorms, my face must have betrayed disapproval. After a pregnant pause, (sorry, couldn’t resist) he further explained, “The girls asked me to do it because they wanted to be responsible.” I was my husband’s date at a banquet…